Pen-gage.



L H. SPENCER.

PEN GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 13, 1915.

1 1 86,346 Patented June 6, 1916.

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JEWELL H. SPENCER, OF TUTWILER, MISSISSIPPI.

, PEN- GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 6,1916.

Application filed October 13, 1915. Serial No. 55,707

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J EWELL H. SPENCER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Tutwiler, in the county of Tallahatchie, State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pen-Gages, of which the following is a. specification.

My invention is an improvement in en gages, and the invention has for its object to provide a gage of the character specified for use in ink stands of any character, and arranged to limit the dipping movement of the pen in the ink and in the stand, and wherein the gage is mounted in such manner that it may be adjusted to suit conditions, with respect to the stand.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical section through an ink-stand provided with the improved gage; Fig. 2 is a'reduced top plan view of the gage; Fig. 3 is a front view, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the gage proper.

The present embodiment of the invention is shown in connection with an inkstand comprising a body 1, having an opening in its top encircled by an upstanding rib 2.

The gage comprises a disk 3 of cork or like flexible elastic fibrous material, and the said disk is held directly below the opening of the stand, in such manner that when the pen, indicated at i in dotted lines, is dipped into the stand, it will strike the upper surface of the disk. The upper surface of the disk is convexed slightly, as shown, and the under surface is plain, and the disk is supported by a holder. This holder comprises a vertical body portion 5, and a laterally ex tending arm 6, to which the disk 3 is connected, and a cross head 8, to be later de scribed. The arm 6 is at the lower end of the body 5, and the cross head 8 is at the upper end. This cross head comprises a slotted body, and a pair of laterally spaced parallel pointed spurs or lugs 9, integral with the body. The cross head extends parallel with the arm 6, or substantially so, and the slot 10 of the body of the cross head is in register with a slot 11 in the arm 6. These slots 10 and 11 are on that face of the body 5 which is adjacent to the disk 3, and the said disk 3 is connected to the arm 6. This arm 6 has three branches, a central branch 12 and lateral branches 13, and each of the branches has an upstanding pointed spur or lug 14 at its free end. These spurs or lugs 14.- are passed through the material of the disk 3, and are then bent over upon the body of the disk, as indicated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The disk 3 is thus held in spaced relation with respect to the body 5,"and with its plane perpendicular to the said body. The pointed spurs or lugs 9 of the cross head are inserted in a block 15 of cork or the like, the said block being rectangular in cross section and acting as a float for the gage. That face of the block 15 adjacent to the body 5 of the holder is provided with a central vertical groove 16 and the body 5 of the holder at its upper end fits within this groove or passage. It will be noticed that the said body is reduced at opposite sides to lit the groove or passage, and a standard is provided upon which the holder is mounted. This standard comprises a body portion 17, which is provided on one face and at its lower end with a series of transverse corrugations forming a series of teeth 18. The staff or standard 17 is of a width to pass through the slots 10 and 11, and toextend from the bottom of the stand to the top.

That wall of the slot 11 remote from'the body 5 of the holder, and adjacent to the teeth 18, is beveled as shown at 19, to form a species of pawl for engaging the teeth, to hold the holder in adjusted position, and that wall of the 'slot 10 adjacent to the spurs or lugs 9 is similarly beveled as shown at 20 in Fig. 1, for engaging the rear face of the standard.

At its upper end the standard is provided with an angular portion 21, extending in the same direction as the arm 6, and at its free end the portion 21 is provided with a species of hook 22,which engages over the rib 2 of the stand, thus supporting the standard in proper position with respect to the stand.

The staff or standard is of a length to engage the bottom of the stand and the under face of the top of the stand when it is in place, and the book 22 holds the staff or standard in place in the stand.

The gage plate or disk 3 may be adjusted vertically to the required height in the ink, by moving the block 15 upward. The body portion 8 of the cross head may be grasped when it is desired to move the gage disk in either direction.

The slots 19 and 11 guide the holder in its vertical movement, and when the holder is released, the buoyancy of the block 15 tends to hold the pawl or latch 19 in engagement with the teeth 18, to prevent upward or downward movement of the gage.

In use, the parts are so arranged that the disk 3 will be held directly below the opening of the stand, and at such height that when the pen is dipped into engagement with the gage disk, the pen will be stopped at the proper point in its descent, to take up the required amount of ink, without overloading the pen. \Vith the improved gage it is practically impossible to get enough ink on the pen to cause a blot.

I claim:

1. A pen gage comprising a staff or standard having means for engaging an inkstand to support the staff in vertical position adjacent to the opening of'the stand, and at one side thereof, and a gage adjustable vertically of the staff or standard, said gage being arranged to limit the dipping movement of the pen in the ink, and having a float for retaining it in adjusted position on the standard, the gage comprising a body portion having at its upper end a cross head and at its lower end a laterally extending arm, said cross head and arm having alined slots for receiving the stall or standard, a disk of fibrous material connected with the arm and supported below the opening, and

.a float connected with the cross head, the

staff having teeth and the edges of the slots being beveled to form teeth for engaging the teeth of the standard.

2. A pen gage comprising a stafi or standard having means for engaging an inkstand to support the staff in vertical position adj acent to the opening of the stand and at one side thereof, and a gage adjustable vertically of the stafi or standard, said gage being arranged to limit the dipping movement of the pen in the ink, and having a float for retain-- ing it in adjusted position on the standard, the gage comprising a body portion having at its upper end a cross head and at its lower end a laterally extending arm, said cross head and arm having alined slots for receiving the stalf or standard, a disk of fibrous material connected with the arm and supported below the opening, and a float connected with the cross head.

3. A pen gage comprising a body, a member at the upper end of the body formed with a slot having its rear wall beveled, a member at the lower end of the body formed with a slot having its forward wall beveled, a float attached to the upper member, and a pen point arresting element attached to the lower member, the float and the pen point arresting element being disposed upon opposite. sides of the body to project from opposite sides of a standard passing through theslots of theupper and lower members of the body.

J. H. SPENCER. Witnesses J. L. DONALD, M. L. WILKINSON.

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